It is "Well" in the Bible Trivia Quiz

Answer: Joseph

When Jacob described each one of his sons, his description for Joseph was a 'fruitful bough by a well', Zebulun was 'a haven for ships', Reuben was 'unstable as water', and Dan was 'a serpent by the way'.

Answer: Because Samaritans and Jewish people didn't intermingle

Jesus was passing through the city of Sychar in Samaria when he stopped to get a drink. He sent the disciples on to get food. When he was sitting there several hours, a woman from Samaria came to the well to draw water. Jesus asked for a drink. The woman wanted to know why He was talking to her when they were of two different worlds. Jesus told her of the living water.

She took the news that Jesus gave her and went back to the city to tell others.

Answer: Gerar

When Isaac and his men stopped in the valley of Gerar they began digging for water. After they found water, a group of herdsman from Gerar stole the well that they had dug, telling Isaac it was their water. Isaac and his men fought over the well.

Answer: Isaiah

The wells of salvation mentioned in Isaiah 12:3 of the KJV Bible refer to the Lord God. Isaiah said, because the Lord God was his salvation, then he should find joy in the Lord.

Answer: Uzziah

Uzziah built towers inside Jerusalem and then had wells dug in the desert outside of the city of Jerusalem so his cattle and herdsman wouldn't go thirsty. Uzziah was sixteen years old at the time.

Answer: Beer

Moses and the Israelites traveled a long distance before they stopped at a place called Beer. The Lord had a well of water for them to drink. They praised the Lord with a song: "Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it". After they had their fill of water, Moses moved them on to Mattanah.

Answer: Because the men risked their lives to bring the water to him

David couldn't get to the well in Bethlehem because of the Philistines camped in the city, so three of his mighty men drew water from the well and went through the Philistine camp to bring him the water. After seeing the courageous act, David poured the water onto the ground and cried out to the Lord that he couldn't drink the water because it was like drinking the blood from the three men who had risked their lives to bring it to him.

When the chief of the three man saw what David did, he drew his sword and killed the Philistines.

Answer: Rehoboth

Isaac's three wells were dug in the valley of Gerar. The name of the first well, "Esek", meant contention, "Sitnah" meant hatred, and "Rehoboth" meant spacious. Now that Isaac had his water he knew the land would be fruitful for him.

Answer: Rebekah

While Abraham's servant was praying to God, he was interrupted by Rebekah coming to gather water at the well. Rebekah was a relation to Abraham. When the servant asked Rebekah for a drink from the well, she gave it to him without question and then watered his camel. After Abraham's servant told Rebekah of Abraham and Isaac, she went with him to be Isaac's wife.

Answer: Marah

After crossing the Red Sea, Moses and the Israelites traveled three days without water. When they came to a well and realized the water was bitter, Moses named the well Marah so anyone that came to it would know that the water was bitter. The Lord led them to a tree that held sweet water and then they camped at Elim and found twelve wells of water and sixty palm trees.